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Y f The Western Carolinian CULLOWHEE — A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES CULLOWHEE, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1941 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION DRAMATICS MEET NOW IN PROGRESS Students Named To "Who's Who" For 41 -42 Eleven Students Chosen From Western Carolina Eleven students from Western Carolina Teachers College will be listed in "Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities" for 1941-42. Those selected are Frankie Collins, Catherine Creasman, Mary Alice Feaster, Allene Jackson, John Jordan, Beverly Carradine Moss, and Pauline Pressley, seniors; Lucille Meredith, Lucille Reed, and Dorothy Thompson, juniors. Johnny Wilson, senior, was also added to this list since he was selected for this honor in 1940- 41. The selection of these students is made by a committee representing the college faculty and the administration. All students who have completed two years of college work and who are rated as juniors or seniors are considered for selection. They must also possess such qualities as good character, high scholarship, ability to lead in extra-curricular activities, and the possibility of future usefulness to business and to society. Frankie Collins, a senior from Canton, is graduate of Canton High School where she held several student government positions. Since coming to Western Carolina Teachers College she has held the following honors: Senate 41-42, Chairman of Clubs Committee, Student Activity Fee Committee, President of International Student Society 41-42 Treasurer of A. C. E. 40-4,1, Chairman of May Day Committee and a Senior Chaperone. Cathryn Creasman, senior, is a graduate of Swannanoa High School, where she was saluta- torian, associate editor of the school paper, Good Citizen for two years, president of her sophomore class, treasurer of the junior class, vice-president of the senior class, and a commencement marshal. Since coming to Cullowhee, she has served eight consecutive quarters on the Woman's House Government Council, was chairman of the Big Sisters in 1940-41, has been a member of the Big Sisters for 3 years, a member of the Student Activities Fee Committee, the Standards Committee, Treasurer of the Future Teachers of America in 40-42, member of the Senate in 1941- 42, Senior Chaperone, and Editor-in-Chief of the "Western Carolinian". Mary Alice Feaster, of Brevard, a senior, was salutatorian of Brevard High, a Junior Marshal and a member of the Dramatics Club. She is serving her second consecutive year on the Senate and is Secretary of the Senate for 41-42. She is associate Editor of the "Catamount" for 1941-42, an active member of the Business Education Club, International Relations Club, the Western Carolina Players, and the Big Sister Club. Allene Jackson, Dana High School, Henderson County, was Valedictorian, president of the senior class, winner of the Best All Around Medal for two years, and of the mathematics medal. She is now President of the Woman's House Government, a Senator, Director of the B. T. U. and secretary-treasurer of the Science Club. She has been a member of the Alpha Phi Sigma for four years. John Jordan, a versatile senior from Murphy, MISS C. CAMP IS NAMED BY ERW1N REV.M.RICHEYON COMMIHEE IS NEW PASTOR AT CULLOWHEE Mr. Walter Lanier, pastor of he Methodist Church, who transferred to the Thomasville charge and is being replaced by MacMurray S. Richey, from the Central Methodist Church in Asheville, where he has been assistant pastor and director of religious education for the past two years. Mr. Richey bring with him a knowledge o f young people which will help him fit easily into his new position here among college students. He received his education at the Duke University School of Religion, finishing with high honors. He helped organize for the young people of Asheville a League Union of fellowship and fun. Mr. Richey has many old friends on the campus and will make many more new ones. He will be aided in his work by his wife, who has been active in religious work with the younger set of Asheville. Miss Cordelia Camp, director of the Gertrude Dills 'McKee Training School, has been appointed by Clyde Erwin, superintendent of instruction in North Carolina, on a state wide committee to study the curriculum for a twelve year course of study for North Carolina elementary and secondary schools. Miss Camp attended a meeting of this committee last week in Raleigh at which time they decided to reorganize the entire course of study on the basis of twelve grades instead of eleven. In this way there will not be a single grade added but each grade will be enlarged. This committee which is composed of laymen and educators emphasized the need for training in the fundamentals and in the so called cultural subjects rather than too much technical training. One member of the committee, a banker, ex- Ray Cowan Plays Lead In Fall Play On Twenty-Fifth Ray Cowan, a senior at Western Carolina Teachers College, plays the leading role in "He Who Gets Slapped" a tragedy in four acts written by Leonid Andreyev to be presented by the Western Carolina Players on Tuesday, November 25, in the college auditorium. Taking the honors as the heroine is Jean Whisnant Lance who will portray the character of Consuelo, a beautiful and talented young circus performer. In the supporting cast are Neil Scott as Briquet, the owner and manager of the circus; John Jordan as Count Mancini, Con- suelo's father; Tommy Allison as Alfred Bezano, a bareback rider; Jean Bennett as Zinida, a lion tamer; Russell Byrd as Baron Regnard, a rich man who is in love with Consuelo; Garmon Smith as a Gentleman; Don Cabe as Jackson, a clown; Ben Battle and John Tyree as the clowns, Tilly and Polly. Peggy Ramsey, Martha West, Sel- ma Boyd, Bobette Kelly, Elizabeth Gahagan, Veo Pate, Juanita Fisher, W. R. Hall, Wayne President of the B. S. U. Council 1939-40, the May Day Committee 1939, and a commencement Marshal in 1940. Lucille Meredith, of Guilford was co-valedictorian of her high school class. She is now chief councilman of Moore Dormitory, secretary-treasurer of the International Students Society, vice- president of the Junior Class and president of the Life Service Band. She was secretary of her freshman and sophomore classes. B. C. Moss of Kings Mountain was captain of his high school football team, played baseball, played the lead in two plays and made the honor roll every month in high school. He is a transfer from Brevard Junior College where he was Program Chairman of the Christian Student Movement, vice-president of a literary society, a member of the Dramatics Club, and of the football and baseball squads. At Western Carolina Teachers College he is a member of the West- Carolina Players, of the Monogram Club, the I. S. S„ the Epworth League, Manager of the Football Programs and was Assistant pastor of the Methodist Church until the last conference made him pastor of the Webster circuit. B. C. is engaged to Miss Willa Mae Wiseman, who is teaching at Draper. Pauline Pressley Is a graduate of the McKee Training School where she was valedictorian, a member of the debate team, winner of the recitation medal, and the scholarship medal. Dur- pressed it this way, said Miss i Uve m Liild. Camp: "A good secretary is a and Elmef round well educated young man or L cut as extra actors and young woman." j actresses .„ ^ circus The play was translated from the Russian boorg and was written by Leonid Andreyev who was born during the period when the social forces of Russia were being destroyed. It depicts the author's gloomy outlook on life and the characters are portrayed with a Mrs. Olive Tilford Dargan | sarcasm and unfriendliness that (Fielding Burke) spent Tuesday Iis a result of the author's loss and Tuesday night on the cam- of Iaith. pus and appeared on two pro- j The play is considered one of grams. She came at the invita- ] the best works of Andreyev. It tion of Mrs. Lillian Buchanan, I was first produced in English by COLLEGE WILL OFFER ITS FIRST GRADUATE WORK Western Carolina Teachers College will offer its first graduate work next summer through the courtesy of the curriculum committee o f the Graduate school of the University of North Carolina, Dean W. E. Bird announced recently. Graduate credits for certain professional courses offered at this college will be granted credit at the University at Chapel Hill. It is almost certain that at least three courses will be offered towards the master's certificate for the benefit of teachers working toward this end. If a person wants only the masters degree, it is not necessary for him to take such professional courses, but the State Department has set up a plan whereby a person desiring the master's teaching certificate must meet certain requirements in the professional field as well as those of his major and minor. At least three of these courses will be offered at Western Caro- NOTED AUTHOR- VISITS COLLEGE! High School Players Meet In Hoey Hall Here = l CLUD DELEGATE WILL SPEAK AT ROCK HILL MEET The Speakers Club plans to send representatives to the debate and speech tournament to be held at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, December 4, 5, and 6, under the auspices of the Strawberry Leaf Society, an international college debate and speech organization which traces its origin to Medieval European instutitions and which has chapters in several leading American colleges and universities. The Strawberry Leaf Tournament is an annual affair attracting delegates from colleges and universities all over the United States. Debates on the 1941-42 Pi Kappa Delta query, "Resolved: that the federal government should control all the who presented her in a chapel program. Mrs. Dargan was born at Til- ford Springs, Kentucky, and was educated at Peabody College, Nashville, and Radcliffe College. After teaching in a seminary in Nova Scotia she came to Boston where she lived two years before coming to Blue Ridge, Georgia to write. After she married Pegram Dargan, she lived in New York for six years and then came to the North Carolina mountains to read, write, and farm. From 1910 to 1914 Mrs. Dargan was abroad. In 1915 Mr. Dargan was drowned off the coast of Cuba. In 1925 Mrs. Dargan purchased her home, Blue- bonnet Lodge, in Asheville where she lives and writes. Some of her best known works are "Highland Annals", "A Stone Came Rolling", "Call Home The Heart" and "From My Highest. Hill". She has also written some poetry and drama. In chapel Mrs. Dargan read some character sketches from her latest book "From My Highest Hill", and sections from a poem "Private Kissenger", story of a young man who died in the fight against yellow fever. In the evening at a coffee held , I in Moore Parlors Mrs. Dargan ing her four years in college she talked to students about writing has been a member of the Al- L_d read some of her poetry pha fhi Sigma, and has made I ghe autographed copies of her the Theatre Guild in 1922 at Garrick Theatre in New York. slated to be revived this winter by Eva Le Gallienne, di- ector of the Revival Series of the Theatre Guild, with Raymond Massey in the role of He. Faculty Meeting Held Wednesday lma next summer during the j labor unions", will be conduct- regular summer school. | ed on a round robin schedule, ; each team debating eight other colleges in as many rounds. Besides debating, there will be round robin contests in extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, after-dinner speaking, oratory, poetry reading (for girls), radio announcing, and parliamentary procedure. The i number of different contests Mrs. Olive Long Davis, of Hoi- J entered is limited only by the ton, Oregon, a former student of ! individual's capacity to prepare Western Carolina Teachers Col- ; and deliver a speech and by his lege visited here Homecoming j ability to fit himself into the 1 schedule of contests. Each dele- OREGON ALUMNA i AT for the first time in twenty- nine years. She lives the greatest distance from Cullowhee of any other known graduate. Before leaving to make her home in Oregon, Mrs. Davis taught for a few years in Waynesville. Mrs. Davis now lives on a several hundred acre ranch, near the Oregon River in a fertile section. She specializes in raising fine horses and cattle. Her son and daughter are prominent for their activities in rodeos. Her daughter directs and has won many prizes in rodeos in that section. Mrs. Davis is a sister of the postmaster and an Dean W. E. Bird presided over a meeting of all faculty members in Moore Parlors, Wednesday afternoon, between 4 and 6 o'clock, at which Miss Cordelia j Cullowhee Camp made a report of her trip \ aunt of Lora Alice and Doris (Continued on back page) j Long, students in the college gate is given a numerical score on each contest that he enters, and awards are made at the end of the tournament to those placing first, second, and third. A try-out for the selection of delegates to represent Western I Carolina Teachers College will be held in the Speakers Club, Monday evening, November 17. Each person will try-out in debate and in at least one other speech activity. Students not at present members of the Speak ers Club, but who wish to become members in time to try-out for Homecoming Highlights Flash! Commentaries on the , 1941. We salute you on the win- occasion rate it as Western ! ning of the Homecoming game Carolina's best—Was everybody for the first time in six years, on hand to greet the alumni or and honors for the biggest smile they registered in Joyner—and on the hill go to Coach Whatley. wasn't it swell to see all those And say, did you hear the rat- Nine high schools competed in the sixth annual Western Carolina dramatics tournament Friday and Saturday. Glenville High School opened the contest with Paul Green's "The Last of the Loweries", at ten o'clock. Mrs. Felix Potts was the director. Almond High School's production of "Sunshine Lady" by Charles George, directed by Miss Mildred Pace, and Weaver- ville's play, "Heart's Desire", by Susie B. Sinclair, director of dramatics at Flat Rock High School, completed the morning program. Miss Melba Rae Nan- ney is director of dramatics at Weaverville. One of the most outstanding productions of the tournament was Springdale's play, "A Night in an Inn", by Lord Dunsany. The work of the sailors was particularly brilliant. Hendersonville's play, "The Director Visits His Mother", by Wilfred Pettitt, was also well done. Hendersonville won the cup in the 1940 tournament with 'Child Wonder", by Pete Williams. 'Men Talk", by Florence Ryer- son and Collin Clements, directed by Mrs. W. A. Young, was a poignant interpretation of life for the families of, "Men Who Go Down To The Sea In Ships", and Canton High School's play, I.awd Does You Undahstan?",by Ann Seymour, directed by Miss Mary Gillis, was an artistic production of the tragedy of lynching for the Negro. Barnardsville high school, with, "The Doctor Decides", by Fred Eastman, directed by Miss Thelma Ledford, completed Friday's schedule. Fixins", by Erma and Paul Green, directed by J. B. Usury, of Bessemer City High School, was not given until Saturday, since two of their characters had to play in a football game Friday. Weaverville, Hendersonville. Pleasant Gardens, Springdale, and Canton ran off the semifinals Saturday morning. Judges Friday were Mrs. C. D. Killian, Mrs. Lillian Buchanan, and Thomas Blossom. Judges Saturday morning were Mrs. Killian, Mr. Blossom, and Professor P. L. Elliott. John Jordon, president of the this tournament should see the j Western Carolina Players, was club president, Douglas Hall, or tournament manager. Commit- one of its faculty sponsors, Mr. tee chairmen were: Ruth Ray, Duckett or Mr. Holloman. Dargan's Books Library Exhibit Olive Tilford Dargon's revised edition of "Highland Annals", and 'From My Highest Hill", written under her own name, was the outstanding book in the reception; Reuben Harris, cial; Betty Lamb, make-up; Garmon Smith, stage; Jean Bennett, vice president; and Virginia Scott, secretary. familiar faces back on the old tat-tat-of the band and see the ; Book Exhibit which was dis- the Alpha honor roll and the (book b M b students. Deans List for two successive Mrs Dargan.s shyness and years She is a member of the modest added to her charm. Wn, . ^^k ^ei,Tn.l ^he is a great personality and ism Club, the Debate Club the this campus was indeed fortu. International Students Society, nate m navi here nere the Future Teachers of Amer- president of ica and the Girl's Athletic As- Was anything on the whole program more inspiring than the dedication ceremonies Saturday morning—who among us did not swell with pride as D. Hiden Ramsey dedicated the buildings to four of this institu- flash of white satin as the band and baton corps formed W. C. at the half?—all out honors to Miss Margaret Reid and Mr. George Tracy the directors, and to "Cookie" and "Cherry", Major and Majorette—Nice stepping played in the reading room of the library, October 27, by Brown's Book Store in Asheville as a feature of National Book Week. Miss Dargon, who wrote formerly under the pen name, "Fielding Burke", has lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina for many years. Her vivid descriptions of the scenery, her fine character portrayal, and her flashing wit make her LANIER IS PROMOTED AT M. E. CONFERENCE Mr. Walter Lee Lanier, who for the past two years has served as pastor of the Cullowhee Methodist Church, left last Friday to assume duties as pastor in Thomasville, N. C. He was moved to Thomasville by the Conference of Methodist (Continued on page 3) tion's most outstanding friends i guys and gals. Then the ban- —and did you see Mr. Hunter's quet—we are now assured that wide grin as he stood by his por- the person who described Mrs. trait— McKee as "one of the most en- Congratulations are in order tertaining speakers in this see- to Mrs. Ammon for her part in tion" knew his speakers—Then ' i she is a member of the senate, I feeding that starved mob of visi- the dance the Homecoming ex- ! latest book composed of nine | < his high school student body. | sociation. She has won the Dr. I secretary of the junior class, | tors, alumni, teachers, students j tra special dance—Laurels to the stories a literary treasure He is President of the Western j Grover Wilkes scholarship for vice-president of the Alpha Phi —in fact everybody. Now for Marshals Club for that gala which every lover of reading I Carolina Players for the second two years. Pauline has two ma- j Sigma and a member of the Mc- highlights on that thrilling j event—By Sunday afternoon not will return again and again. She ' time, President of the senior , jors and a minor. Dowell Music Club. game—was ever a play more an alumnus remained on the portrays the people of the south- Dorothy Thompson began her thrilling than that wide open campus—so, we're waiting until ern highlands, living in a land ' Churchmouse", Margaret Austin, musical career in Mocksville 95 yard dash to the purple and our 53rd Homecoming when they of almost magical beauty, and Coffee was served in the even- High School where she won sev- gold goal by Charles Leagan— together with this year's crop speaking the racy language of a ing. Miss Allbright and Miss eral honors. She is a Junior and hats off to you, Leagan, and to ' of seniors, will be back for an- surviving frontier, vitally and Brown poured. Incidental music (Continued on back page) all the Carolina Catamounts of other Homecoming. 1 faithfully by a gifted pen. The, was played during the evening. class, a senator, a member of | Lucille Reed from Sylva i the standards committee, and valedictorian of the high school : he plays the bass drum in the class, vice-president of her jun- ! Band. John was President of the ior class and secretary-treasury i Freshman Class o f 1938-39, of her senior class. In college book has fifty photographs by Bayard Wooten of her beloved people and the trees and mountains. Other books, featured in the children's and juvenile collection, were: "The Little History of The United States", Mabel Payne; "Nothing at All", Wanda G'ag; "High Water", Kurt Wiese; "Pedro, Nina and Per- rito", Lily Duplaix; and "Peter

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina Teachers College
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• Date
  • Date original: 1941-11-08
  • Date digitized: 2017-05-15
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  • Dimension: 20" x 16"
  • Pages: 11 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1941-11-08
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library